Monday, May 3, 2010

Here are offensive leaders and trailers for some rates through the first four weeks of the regular season, minimum 80 plate appearances.

AVERAGE

League batting average so far in the majors is .257.

Robinson Cano

Yankees

.387

Austin Jackson

Tigers

.367

Andre Ethier

Dodgers

.365

Ryan Theriot

Cubs

.355

David Freese

Cardinals

.355

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Nick Johnson

Yankees

.141

Travis Snider

Blue Jays

.149

Aramis Ramirez

Cubs

.155

Carlos Quentin

White Sox

.173

Drew Stubbs

Reds

.179

DISCIPLINE

Based on walks/plate appearance. League average Isolated Discipline (IsoD) so far in the majors is .088.

Nick Johnson

Yankees

.241

Josh Willingham

Nationals

.194

Chone Figgins

Mariners

.189

David Wright

Mets

.187

Chipper Jones

Braves

.186

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Yuniesky Betancourt

Royals

.010

Pedro Feliz

Astros

.011

Alexei Ramirez

White Sox

.012

Julio Borbon

Rangers

.013

Placido Polanco

Phillies

.019

POWER

Based on Isolated Power ((TB-H)/AB). League average IsoP so far is .151.

Paul Konerko

White Sox

.494

Kelly Johnson

Diamondbacks

.417

Ty Wigginton

Orioles

.400

Robinson Cano

Yankees

.376

Andre Ethier

Dodgers

.365

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Chris Coghlan

Marlins

.000

Juan Pierre

White Sox

.000

Scott Podsednik

Royals

.022

Jerry Hairston, Jr.

Padres

.026

Melky Cabrera

Braves

.038

SPEED

Based on Bill James' speed score, in which 5 is considered average and 10 is maximum.

Julio Borbon

Rangers

9.4

Brett Gardner

Yankees

9.2

Will Venable

Padres

9.2

Drew Stubbs

Reds

9.1

Rafael Furcal

Dodgers

9.1

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Brandon Inge

Tigers

0.1

Paul Konerko

White Sox

0.2

Hideki Matsui

Angels

0.3

Jason Kubel

Twins

0.4

Travis Hafner

Indians

0.7

THE WHOLE PACKAGE

Based on my personal favorite metric for gauging overall player production, wOBA. wOBA is scaled to on-base average, so league average wOBA is around .330-.335.

Robinson Cano

Yankees

.495

Andre Ethier

Dodgers

.490

Paul Konerko

White Sox

.487

Justin Morneau

Twins

.482

Ty Wigginton

Orioles

.475

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Chris Coghlan

Marlins

.207

Carlos Lee

Astros

.208

Jerry Hairston, Jr.

Padres

.221

Aramis Ramirez

Cubs

.222

Julio Borbon

Rangers

.222

Well, well. How about that Robinson Cano. Though he is still not good at taking walks, his newfound power skills have turned him into one of the best players in the game. Personally, I was surprised to see such a lack of Albert Pujols on these lists, though it's not like he's having a bad season (.445 wOBA). I wonder how many of these same players will be up at the top of these leaderboards at the all-star break.